Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 26. (Budapest, 2008)

Mária FERENCZY: Chinese Moon Gate on Budapest's Andrássy Avenue. The Garden of Ferenc Hopp, I

12. Ferenc Hopp 's house. Inscription over the aperture of the Moon Gate 11), this composition is characteristic shiwan ceramic: in all likelihood it was made in the ceramics ateliers of Shiwan (today part of the city of Foshan), in Guangdong Province.

26 13. From around my gate may joy radiatefar and wide -first line of the couplet inscription The inscriptions Of the three stone tablets built into the structure, the inscription of the horizontal one above the gate's aperture can be read from right to left. Its meaning is as follows: 'Ferenc Hopp's house' (Fo lan shi/si he/hap lou)

27 (ill. 12) The seven characters on each of the two symmetrically placed vertical stone tablets constitute a regular couplet inscription, and contain good wishes consisting of two sentences of parallel structure: 'From around my gate may joy radiate far and wide, Around my house may happiness thrive forever.' 14. Around my house may happiness thrive forever second line of the couplet inscription